Download Civilization V for Mac for Free, No Strings Attached

Want to download Civilization V for Mac, entirely for free? For a limited time, you can get Civilization V: Campaign Edition for OS X entirely for free with basically no strings attached, thanks to a giveaway sponsored by game-maker Aspyr and MacRumors.

Never heard of the game? Well, Civilization is one of the greatest strategy game series of all time. You basically build an empire from an early prehistoric human settlement and carry forward into the modern era and far into the future, exploring a virtual globe while using diplomacy, war, and other strategies to build a civilization and conquer the world. It’s incredibly fun, very in-depth, and it’s just an absolutely brilliant game if you like strategy, building, and thinking.

OK, an awesome game for free, what’s the catch? There isn’t one… you just need an Apple ID and the Mac App Store (remember you can create an App Store account without a credit card if need be) it’s just a giveaway offered by Aspyr and MacRumors. You don’t have to enter an email address or anything, the entire free download is handled from the App Store in OS X. Sound good? It is, so here’s how to take advantage of it:

From the ‘Featured’ tab, click on ‘Redeem’ (it’s on the right-side under Quick Links section)

Enter the promo code and redeem, the download of Civilization V will start immediately

You can track the progress of the download under the “Purchases” tab of the App Store, it’s a tad over 5GB so it may take a while. Once it’s finished, have fun!

The game itself runs great on modern Macs, the system requirements are listed below if you want to be sure. Keep in mind that you can also redeem the App Store code and have it sit in your Apple account to download at a later date, so there’s no downside to claiming one of the codes even if you can’t run the game right now but plan on upgrading to a new Mac down the road.

Worked for me first try, click on “Get My Code” and you’ll get the code to redeem through the App Store in OS X. If you have problems you can email MacRumors for support about the code: support@macrumors.com

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